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The Ak-Chin Indian Community on March 28 sued the operator of the state’s water canal system, saying it won’t deliver the tribe’s full water allotment in future years and could jeopardize farming operations.

The Arizona Legislature has approved a proposal pushed by Arizona Attorney General Mark Brnovich expanding the state's terrorism laws to include more crimes and adding a mandatory 10 year minimum sentence.

The Arizona Court of Appeals on Tuesday rebuffed arguments by the Arizona Electric Power Cooperative that it need not pay the state's use tax on coal and natural gas it purchases from out-of-state suppliers.

A federal judge threw out a bid March 16 to void federal laws that challengers claim is racist because it places the desires and rights of Native American tribes over the constitutionally protected best interests of children.

Former Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio plans to resume his bid to get a federal judge disqualified from a racial profiling case even though the lawman has been out of office for more than two months.

While the first female justice never managed to persuade her fellow justices to join her regularly, her workout class became a court fixture and a hit with a devoted group of women who live in the court's Capitol Hill neighborhood.